Because I teach in a resource classroom, I don't have a lot of time to offer my students to engage in SSR. However, for my students that I see for longer than 30 minutes each day for reading, I do allow them to read either silently or orally. Almost everyday, students have an opportunity to do both. My students take turns reading aloud to me one-on-one. While students are waiting to read to me, I have a bean-bag chair near my bookshelves with whisper phones nearby. Students choose books on their independent level, or books that they have already read once, to read silently. During their writing time, I ask students to write at least one sentence about their book. (One sentence is appropriate for my students...most of them in this particular group are on a first grade level).

I like the idea you have about having students to write one sentence about the book that they read. This is something that my Kindergarten students could do after we read a book aloud. It allows you... more

During my SSR time, each student has a bag and they have their recording sheet, notebook, and question stems included in it. Each time they read, they have to record the date, title, and pages read.... more

I think it is a great idea that your school has come up with to have you write down a question for students to answer during SSR time. I know it creates more work for you... but it lets you know who... more

During SSR my students select their own books and read for about 20 minutes each day. I gradually increase the length of time the students read. At the beginning of first grade, expecting students to ... more

I like the idea of you reading short segments from books to peak your students reading interests. I need to do this more often in my own classroom because it is amazing how children really want to... more

SSR is really big in our school and our county. We have 30 minutes daily for SSR. Students are reading on their level and what they want to read. Our school has AR and I know there is a bad rep for... more

SSR is not something I do as a kindergarten teacher as the book explains or how many of others have explained. However, when I have transition time or just an extra 10 minutes during the day- I love... more

As a kindergarten teacher also, I too do not do SSR time like talked about in the book. I do something similar to what you do in your classroom where any extra time we have, a couple minutes here or... more

In our school we do reading counts which is similar to AR. I teach second grade and this is the grade that they start taking the test for RC. My students really seems to enjoy taking these test. They ... more

I agree that starting students out with fewer minutes for SSR at the beginning of the year is the way to go. Letting them build reading stamina instead of forcing them to read for longer than they... more

In my classroom we read for 20-30 minutes self selected each day. Students are given a specific day on which they change their books. During this time they are selecting their own books but within... more

I agree that it is important to be open and try different things. It can be hard sometimes to release control but ultimately we need to find what works best for each student. I need to incorporate... more

Stacy, I agree with you that it is difficult to release control. I know you have Garage band on your school computer because we are in the same school system. I'll show you how to read books onto... more

The Self-Selected Reading Chapter really got me thinking about how students struggle with picking a book that is appropriate for their level. As a Kindergarten teacher, most of my students cannot... more

In my classroom I talk with my students independently about what books they should be choosing why it is important to select appropriate books for independent reading. In my classroom it isn't to... more

I also love the idea of conferencing with the student in order to help them pick an appropriate book! I don't know why I haven't been doing this the whole time. I conference with the kids during... more

I too see some of my second graders struggling to pick appropriate books. Our media specialist teaches our students a "Gimme 5" tool to use when picking books. The students are supposed to go to a... more

I like the 5 fingers, Elisabeth. I also enjoyed reading about SSR. I do 10 minutes of SSR/day in pre-k, however it looks a lot different than what was described. I choose every book in my classroom... more

I enjoyed reading the chapter on self-selected reading in the textbook. While I was reading it, I thought about my own classroom and how I struggle with my children choosing books to read. Since I... more

Like most, I struggle in my classroom with my students selecting the best books to read independently. I think that my students, third graders, like to pick the harder books or chapter books because... more

I also found the mini lessons in this chapter useful. It was especially helpful to have the book titles to go along each. The list of websites was also informative and had many electronic texts which ... more

I have a huge variety of books for students at 5th grade level and below to third grade level. However, I do struggle with text for readers at 1st and 2nd grade level. The covers are so influential... more

I did a reading interest survey part of the way through last year. I meant to begin with it this year and forgot. I may do it here soon because it does give you good insight about what interest them... more

I like the ownership and seeking of information that an interest survey can convey. This is something I could do with each child in my pre-k clasroom- or send home as "homework" to find out more... more

I teach first grade and I struggle like most others with the selection of texts for silent reading. My young readers tend to aspire to read the more interesting chapter books rather than the less... more

As I read the articles about ASD and literacy/reading comprehension I thought of a student I had several years ago. He was not labeled with autism or an ASD disorder. He had many characteristics... more

I thought these articles were easy to follow. I have had one student that the readings reminded me of. This student did not have trouble with comprehension. He also was extremely smart with math. For ... more

I also thought these articles were helpful. Because we work at the same school and I serve the student you have mentioned, I agree that this student is extremely smart in math and in reading. He does ... more

When I taught pre-k I had children in my class who were on the autism spectrum. I also have a good friend whose son shows many of the same characteristics of Connor in the one article. I was not... more

You said it, Katie! Setting a "purpose for reading" makes sense for kids- especially those with ASD or who have characteristics of "the spectrum." I also liked reading about how his teacher was able... more

I can't imagine how hard it would be, as a parent, to deal with your child having these issues. I know that you would accept the situation and do the very best that you could, but my heart just... more

These two articles really made me think about reading comprehension in all students, not just students who have ASD. I really thought hard about things I am doing in my classroom to help students... more

I also do not have any students with autism or autism spectrum disorders. I have not had any students with these labels during my 5 years teaching but I also have students who struggle with making... more

As a Kindergarten teacher myself, these articles made me think about my students' comprehension as well. I started wondering if they too have difficulties with comprehending what is being read to... more

I, too, thought of students I have in my classroom currently and have had in the past. I definitely see the comprehension difficulties noted for ASD students as being the ones noted in the articles... more

I also thought about reading comprehension in all students while reading these two articles. My first graders are also working on making text to self connections. This is easy for most of them but a... more

I found this article to be very interesting because I have a student this year who is autistic. My autistic student does not really struggle with comprehension. He made a 3 on both reading and math... more

I also have a student who has very clear characteristics of ASD. Although he is does not qualify for EC services under Autism, he has a lot of the traits that students with Asperger's have. Like your ... more

Time is a big issue for me in my classroom. I feel that we are constantly being asked to implement a new program into an already packed schedule with little or now professional development support. I ... more

We are constantly being given new strategies to try and some instructional support but not as much as needed sometimes. I too try to pick and choose what works best for my students. There is no one... more

It's so good to hear that you are picking and choosing instructional strategies that work best for your students instead of trying to pack everything in at once. I agree with you and find that it's... more

I have never worked with a student that has been diagnosed with Autism, but I have had a few in my class that I feel fall somewhere on the spectrum. I agree that comprehension tends to be an issue... more

I have never worked with a students that has been diagnosed with Autism either. I also feel that maybe one or two of my students fall somewhere on that spectrum. It is interesting to me when students ... more

I have never had a student with autism or even worked with anyone with autism (with the exception of the student I had for a week at the beginning of this school year.) Even though I was not able to... more

I agree...it can be like ELL at times. I feel we must work on building up meaning behind phrases and words and work on not using them as they will be confused. I also feel that we must use different... more

I hadn't thought about this connection before, but it really makes sense. ELL students are a lot like students with Autism in the way that they don't always understand vocabulary or phrases that we... more

Even though I have never taught a student with ASD I found these articles very easy to follow. I found that some of the suggestions to teach comprehension skills reminded me of Montessori concepts... more

I am entertaining the concept of peer tutoring for preschool. Half of my bunch is fairly high with their letter/sound recognition skills. They would be good for pairing with my lower group for some... more

I think that's a great idea Josey! I do a lot of ability grouping now in kindergarten... but when I have the opportunity I love to pair them up and do this. The "higher" students love helping the... more

I also thought the articles were easy to follow. I enjoyed reading the suggestions on how to teach comprehension. I did not make the connection to the Montessori concepts until you mentioned it but... more

It is great to springboard off of interests. My autistic kid does great with things he is really into, as does all of my students. The peer tutoring works good on some days and some days it does not... more

I found this article interesting becasue it shed some light for me on some of the students I have had, specifically one. Nickolas was a child who was very smart and by the end of the year we found... more

I enjoyed this article and the part where they revised their writing on computers. We are now starting to get trained on Haiku in elementary schools were there will be a lot of collaboration on this... more

I enjoyed this article and was also very interested in the time part of the article. As teachers, and I am sure everyone would agree, is there is not enough time to get everything in that needs to be ... more

I agree there is not enough time to fully teach everything that needs to be taught and planning time is not built into many teachers' daily schedule. Staff development is usually beneficial and... more

really enjoyed this article. I liked learning about what they think are the four main elements and two being things I don't feel we classroom teachers get. A big one that I feel we don't get enough... more

I enjoyed the article about the Benchmark School. I think that it is great that the school focuses on what students need. I also like that they provide staff development to stay on top of new ideas... more

I also believe that the Talk to Yourself Chart would be beneficial to use. I think that if the teacher modeled what the process looked/sounded like this would help. I thought about possibly having... more

I agree about the word section of the article. I really liked the idea and the use of strategies for word developent. I think it would be very beneficial for my students during our word build time... more

This reading was interesting in that the "goal" was decoding and word recognition. The common thread in many of our readings is research for best practice, reflection, and "now what?"- much like our... more

I agree; I think that talking and collaborating with colleagues should be top priority. In my EC resource job, I rarely have time to actually collaborate with my students' regular education teachers. ... more

I completely agree Josey about time to talk with fellow teachers and reflect on what we are doing in the classroom. I feel like I try and reflect on what I am doing daily- but I feel like I am always ... more

As I read this article I thought about my many students who have struggled with literal interpretations. I never really knew how to teach other than define what the author meant by using figures of... more

I think that Anticipation Guides are a great idea. I have not tried this strategy with my students but I think that if I could make them a little more simple, my students would also benefit from this ... more

I agree that DRTA's are a great thing to use during reading time for all students. My students also struggle with literal interpreatations. I have not started using DRTA's in my room, but I think it... more

The Benchmark school sounds like a model every school should be following...planning the instruction around every child's needs. However, we know how challenging this can be in real life. I found it... more

I think this is great that you have such a good amount of "uninterrupted" reading time. My whole day is interrupted by so many transitions that I don't feel like we are getting quality learning time. ... more

In the second Gaskins article, Procedures for word learning: Making discoveries about words, I loved the figures. Figure 3 is a talk to yourself chart. It provides great language to help students... more

That is so neat about you using a flip camera during your reading time; especially for 1st grade! I think it would be great to use during word development and I could see great things coming from... more

I loved the model figures as well...I think we must teach our students how to have conversations and interact with one another. So many do not get these opportunities and we have to give them the... more

I like the ideas presented in the Gaskins articles. I have a student in my fifth grade classroom on a preprimer level. I will be able to use some of these with her. (talk to yourself chart) I love... more

I also liked the idea of the taping comprehension conversation! I think I could learn so much from the taping that would help me even more than the kids. I am not sure about what tools I could use... more

WOW forgot to sign in first this was mine! I also liked the idea of the taping comprehension conversation! I think I could learn so much from the taping that would help me even more than the kids. I... more

I really liked the charts that had the students involved with making new words. I thought that this was a great way for students to work together and use words. I love your idea of using the flip... more

The Benchmark School provided evidence that many students who are in need of a reading program, are actually in need of more than just remedial reading instruction. I enjoyed reading about their... more

I agree with you about many students in the need of a reading program. I also really like the idea of students revising their writing on computers. I think it would be great for students to do their... more

This article reminds me very much of a cartoon in which some wild warner bros. created creature is in a boat and the boat gets a leak. The character immediately plugs the hole and another leak shoots ... more

I totally agree that students are reluctant to publish their work only to correct a few mistakes. For the first time last week I allowed my students to publish with Microsoft Word. They loved it! I... more

My students also used Microsoft Word for the first time this week. They really enjoyed using the laptops to publishing thier poems. One student commented on how much fun it was to type their poem.... more

My students are currently into publishing in kidspiration for math and science topics. We also are using Wordale and Comic Life. One of my current favorites is Comic Life. Students can incorporate... more

I found this article really interesting. Benchmark school sounds like what each of us want to be able to do for our students in our own classrooms. The curriculum completely focused on the needs of... more

I also think that the Benchmark school sounds like what we all would love to do for our students. The staff development and research part really stood out to me too. I think that I turned green with... more

I agree that there is too much time and focus on new assessments and not on the actual needs of our students. If everyone could be like the Benchmark school, there would be so much more sucess in our ... more

I agree with what you are saying. This sounds like the ideal school where any teacher would want to teach. Schools need to pay more attention to what research says about teaching reading and stop... more

I completely agree! This is what each of us wants for our students, but sometimes the school system gets so caught up in different ways to assess that they forget about the needs of every individual... more

The staff development that these teachers received seemed to be beneficial towards their teaching. It seems like the staff development I have received lately was not beneficial and I was not able to... more

I agree with the need for GOOD staff development! I am sorry- but I feel like 90% of it is such a waste of time. If it is not something I can use in my classroom or to help my students- I just don't... more

The article about Making Discoveries about Words really opened my eyes to how I am teaching my Kindergartners to decode words. Some students are naturally going to pick up on it, but other students... more

I really enjoyed the article on phonics. I was able to make connections with this article because since the beginning of this school year I have began using word study in my flex groups. We begin... more

It was interesting to read about the different approaches to teaching phonics this week. I use a program called Fundations for whole group phonics instruction and word study for small group phonics... more

Hey, Ginger, your point about word instruction at all grade levels is well-taken. The question is what kind of word instruction. We seem to do reasonably well teaching phonics (one kind of word... more

It was interesting to learn more about the issue of whole language versus phonics. I was glad that one wasn’t superior to the other, especially because I do not use one more than the other in my own... more

I really enjoyed reading the articles on phonics and writing instruction. There are so many ways to teach phonics, but I have found in my EC classroom that using word sorts to help my struggling... more

I have always been very confused when it comes to phonics. I have heard many conflicting views from how you have to teach phonics to teach children how to read, to how we shouldn't teach phonics at... more

Reading the phonics article reminded me of all of the phonic rules/strategies I already knew but have forgotten. It was a nice reminder of some things I learned in undergrad. I also learned some new... more

I can't imagine teaching kindergarten and laying the phonics groundwork! I was in kindergarten for block one and the teacher I work with did phonics for almost two hours every day. She was awesome at ... more

My son is in kindergarten and they do Letter Land which I'm sure is very similar to yours. He Loves It!! I am amazed at how fast he has picked up on the "sound tricks". He is already sounding out... more

Carrie- Letter Land is awesome! I just went to a training on Friday and learned so much more about it! It is a great phonics and reading program- I just wish I had more time in the day to do more... more

I agree with you and have this conversation with other teachers all the time! I feel so overwhelmed by all the different ways to teach phonics and figuring out which way is best and trying to get... more

Do you create the portable word walls for your students? Or do you just have an alphabetic outline and add the words as they learn them? Do YOU actually write them on the portable WW for them, or do... more

Elisabeth- I use my portable word walls for writing time with my students- both with whole group and small groups. Each child has their own "Word Wall" that is passed out during writing time. This... more

Dr. Koppenhaver, These word banks actually save a lot of time for me during writing because I don't have every child raising their hand to ask me how to spell something :) As I replied to Elisabeth-... more

Cute ideas, Katie! I love the idea of a portable word wall. I am totally going to use this--several of my kids are removed during "reading clinic" time and sent to the library for some reading and... more

It sounds like you are doing a great job teaching your students. I know that there is so much more phonics instruction in Kindergarten. It seems that you do many different activities to engage your... more

I have just started teaching phonics skills in my guided reading groups! Most of my students pick up the skill quickly, but since I have the two lowest reading groups, I hit phonics there too. I am... more

I found the articles about phonics instruction very informative. I did not realize how many different ways there were to teach phonics. In my opinion, phonics instruction is extremely important for... more

I read the the articles about phonics instruction and I also think they were very informative. I have 20 minutes a day for word study. We do Words Their Way. I think word study is very important for... more

I like the idea about the snap, clap vowels and consonants. How do you use this in your class and what does it look like? Most of my kids are kinesthetic learners; this sounds like a good strategy to ... more

I agree with you. There are so many different ways to teach phonics and I wonder if what I am doing is the correct way. However, if we are giving our students phonics instruction and doing all we can ... more

I would argue that there is no one "correct way" to teach anything. The important issues are whether you are teaching kids to read and spell words with increasing independence in ways that they... more

As I said before in another post, I really like giving my students the opportunity to have free writes and choose the topics they want to write about, but that is not always the case when you have... more

The videos about Jake are very interesting to watch and see how he can progress with the right pencil. It is very amazing to know that if you find the right pencil for someone who has a disability,... more

I would agree that writing is one area that I feel I don't devote enough time for each day. I am working hard to change this. Our schools focus for the last two years has been on reading, and writing ... more

I have realized that I need to give my 3 and 4 year olds time to write in journals. I look forward to implementing this when 2nd quarter starts! It makes sense that, in the end, if I want them to be... more

This is exactly what I needed to read this week!!! As many of you know this is my first year teaching and it became clear VERY quickly that writing is the subject I am finding most difficult to... more

I have been feeling the same way in my kindergarten classroom regarding writing. It is my first year in kind. and I am really feeling the pressure to get this children writing! Yet- I need to let... more

The videos and notes about Jake were pretty amazing to me. I can't imagine what it must be like to go through life unable to communicate with the people around you. It was amazing how finding the... more

Watching the videos of Jake are simply amazing. I think it is great that there are tools/pencils like this to use. I never knew that these tools existed. I see how helpful that this was for Jake and... more

I was amazed at how quickly Jake picked up on how to use the symbols in the first video. He was clearly excited about the prospect of being able to communicate with his teacher and his mother. To see ... more

I completely agree! I had no idea there were these tools out there. I am so interested in finding out what else there is to help children who are not able to communicate by speaking or with a pencil... more

I enjoyed the articles on reading and writing. I too thought about students in my classroom with disabilities. I do not have any with extreme disabilities but I know now that when I do I need to... more

Wow! This was really neat to watch and read about Jake! It is so clear and evident how important and crucial it is that every person be given the opportunity to learn how to communicate. It is hard... more

I agree...this was really awesome to see how Jake can now communicate his basic wants and needs with the use of technology. I also thought it was really cool to see his expression when he called out... more

I couldn’t help but smile as I was watching Jake’s videos. The progress he made over time is awesome. We just need to give the students resources to learn and they will run with it and become amazing ... more

Watching the video clips on Jake was amazing. From this you can see that there are ways for communication, you just have to find the ones that work. Jake makes so much progress over time. This makes... more

I totally took the part about student choice to heart, also! This past week I found myself giving the students more choice on just about everything we did. Around Thursday, I noticed that I was... more

Wow! It really was amazing to me, too! You are right- there IS always a way to communicate. The alternatives to pencils, etc. are insightful- however, I am questioning all the work I have done with... more

I also agree that watching Jake was absolutely amazing. He was so excited and what a wonderful feeling it must be to finally have the pencil you need to communicate. I also think that your idea of... more

When I was viewing the case study on Jake, I began to think about how amazing it must have been for his family to be able to finally communicate with him. It was apparent to me that Jake really... more

I agree with you on the importance of creating that firm foundation with learning summarizing teachniques. I also teach Kindergarten and have realized that too often I read a book then maybe make a... more

I too found it amazing for Jake and his family to finally be able to communicate. I could not imagine myself being able to try to tell others something and have no one understand what you need. And... more

I agree with you that too much time is being spent teaching the test. I also think that the programs being implemented by some counties (where you read script off the page) is crazy! The scripted... more

I too feel that writing has been "put on the back burner" in schools. As a kindergarten teacher I am able to focus on writing a great deal more than other grade levels (from what I have heard from... more

I have to admit that I have put writing “on the back burner” in the past, but this year is going to be different. My class has already written more this year than my previous couple of classes at... more

Jennifer, I was thinking the same thing... Even though I teach pre-k, every child could have a journal in order to "write" whatever they want as part of our "morning work." I could even incorporate... more

I agree that if you give students time to write and let them have a topic of choice, they will succeed in writing. I also agree with planning, drafting, revising and publishing with students. I do... more

Carla, I think it's super important to model for students. I have seen great success with my students when they are given a model first. I think it also helps them to hear the teacher "think aloud"... more

I think modeling is so key to so many students. I know as a child- when a teacher modeled for me- it was so helpful for me. I still remember when teachers just threw something out there without a... more

After reading the articles this week- I almost feel like I have been clueless when it came to helping children learn to write who could not use a "paper and pencil". I taught in pre-k for 7 years and ... more

I found this article to be interesting. I did not realize how many alternative ways there were for students with disabilities to write. It is a shame there are so many opportunities and tools to be... more

I also did not realize how many different ways there were for students to communicate and ways to write. I connected with article as well by thinking of my own students. I now know that if I have a... more

Writing is an area that I've have been working on in my classroom the last couple of years. I used to choose the topics my students wrote about, but now I give them free choice. I was amazed at how... more

Completely agree! Most likely- I wouldn't want to write about something someone "tells" me to write about- why would students? I don't have the experience of students writing in my classroom- but I'm ... more

Writing is an area I have been working on in my classroom this year. I just feel as if I don't do it justice and that it is difficult to teach when children do not relate to a topic they are given or ... more

The articles really made me think about alternative pencils. Before reading these articles and hearing what Dr. K has said in class, I never realized that one could write without using a pencil. Of... more

I too only thought of the computer as a tool to publish, not to solely create. All the different "pencils" are amazing! It truly takes dedicated teachers to discover these tools for their students. I ... more

I have recently read a wonderful book called Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper. It is about a young lady who has Cerebral Palsy and cannot speak. She gets a pencil when she is 11 years old. It's called ... more

I want to read this book!! I have heard you mention it several times. I can't image not writing until you were 11. It would be like lacking a way to communicate for 11 years. I can't image that!... more

Reading this week's set of articles reinforced to me the idea that every child CAN learn. This being my first year teaching I hadn't really formed a firm belief on this idea, but these two articles... more

As a 4th grade teacher there has always been a big emphasis on writing with the state writing test. Since they have changed the writing around, there seems to be some slack in this area. I have... more

I love that you don't "correct" the children's writing. I feel like I was always an insecure writer due to teachers always picking apart the writing of students in our class. This is such a vivid... more

I agree with you. I think it is important for writing to be a way for students to express themselves. I feel sometimes we kill that at school. We place so many regulations and rules on their writing... more

As a 3rd grade teacher, I feel the pressure to prepare my students for 4th grade writing because I know how much emphasis they put on writing. Sometimes this is hard with the reading series we have... more

Lori, I like your idea of having your class write about events happening within their school. I’m sure your students really benefit from this. Knowing that their peers will be reading what they write ... more

After reading the Fostering Emergent Writing for Children with Significant Disabilities article, I began to realize how extremely important it is for students, no matter their disability, to write... more

Jennifer, It is not that I haven't thought about it before- but not as in depth as now- but I completely and totally agree with you that ALL children deserve the opportunity to write. If there is a... more

I worked with a student two years ago that had difficulty writing in first grade. At first I thought he had trouble putting his thoughts on paper, but soon realized that he felt uncomfortable writing ... more

Jennifer, I have a student in my class who has issues with his fine motor skills too. I also found myself thinking of my student while I read the articles. I have tried grippers and weighted pencils. ... more

I also think it is very important to start letting students choose their topics to write about, even it is once or twice a week. I feel like sometimes I am just cramming things on them and worry... more

In the article, Fostering Emergent Writing for Children With Significant Disabilities: Writing With Alternative Pencils, the children could write about anything they chose and their writing was not... more

The color coded eye gaze is so amazing to me! The children using this have real intelligence to be able to pick up on this concept so quickly and with such ease ( from what we have seen). I too... more

I also thought it to be helpful that we had watched the video about the color coded eye gazed. The article made more sense knowing what this was. I had never heard of it before. I thought it was... more

I agree with your thoughts. The articles have really helped me to understand how many options their are for working with these students. I also had never thought about the way things are step up for... more

I have had students in the past use Alphasmarts as their alternative pencils. There is a boy in the fifth grade class nearby why uses a keyboard (like an alphasmart) to do his work. Since I teach... more

I agree with your sentence: "All children need to have an appropriate model to learn from, they all need direction/instruction, they all need time to freely practice without being corrected, and they ... more

I also found this article very interesting. I really liked how students could choose any topic to write about and not corrected. I feel as teachers we are so focused on teaching the correct format... more

I think you are right about the importance of giving all kids the opportunity to write about anything they want. Kids with and without disabilities need the opportunity to write without someone... more

Whoops! I posted the first one in last week's board.So here it is again... in the right place! I enjoyed reading the articles on promoting emergent writing for students with significant disabilities... more

I completely agree with you that sometimes as teachers we focus more on the disability of the child than how to expose them and help them to do the same things our non-disabled students are doing in... more

Yes, the alternative pencils really got me thinking, too! My "case study child" is going to teach me the most this year! He is not deaf or hard-of-hearing, however he is so active and possibly,... more

That would be very interesting to know if braile would work with this student. I wonder if the magnet letters that we used to play with when we were smaller would also help him. He would be able to... more

Josey, I thought about your “case study child” while I read Promoting Emergent Writing for Students With Significant Disabilities. Did you notice that in the example of an early writer’s story about... more